"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )